An artist's rendering of what the pits would have looked like in mesolithic britain hugh gatt mola each pit measures up to 5 meters (16 feet) wide and 1.85 meters (6 feet) deep. Twenty five mesolithic pits that date back 8,000 years have been unearthed in an “exciting discovery” by archaeologists in bedfordshire.
British and irish mesolithic studies have long been characterized by a reliance on broad scale lithic typologies, both to provide chronologies, and in discussion of ‘cultural’ groups. more recently, traditional narrative structures—period definitions of ‘early’ and ‘late’, or culture typologies—have been complemented by a host of other evidence. this has included new studies of. Clark suggested these may either have been worn in ritual dances or acted as disguises designed to aid hunting. additional excavations at the site in the 1980s uncovered part of a platform of worked aspen timbers on the edge of the former post glacial lake (lake flixton) on which star carr sat, the earliest evidence for systematic carpentry in britain. The stone age in britain took place between around 15000bc to 2500bc. the mesolithic period is known as the middle stone age. humans were hunter gatherers and had to catch or find everything they. The mesolithic as a period has been re engaging public interest in recent years. south yorkshire has played a key role in the early recognition of the period in britain and in establishing a chronology for the period. however evidence in south yorkshire is particularly challenging to research and manage. the period in this region is poorly.
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